8th Annual HMS PICKLE Dinner
Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar
Saturday, November 8th, 6:30 pm
Port Credit Yacht Club, Mississauga
The gun room of HMS Psyche Canadian Maritime Heritage Society invite naval enthusiasts to our commemorative dinner for the Battle of Trafalgar (October 21st, 1805) and the immortal memory of Lord Nelson.
HMS Pickle was the first vessel to bring Vice-Admiral Collingwood’s dispatches to England’s Admiralty Board, of the great victory and the death of Nelson. HMS Pickle landed in Portsmouth with the news on November 4th, 1805.
The formal dinner consists of:
* 6:30 pm Cocktails of Crispy Pickles and bites as hors d’oeuvre
* 7:15 pm Dinner with toasts
* Butternut Squash Bisque
* Fresh ship’s biscuits (no bargemen included) and no maggoty butter
* Roast Cornish Game Hen, Celeriac and Yukon Gold Potato Purée, Roast Broccolini, Bing Cherry Jus
or Berbere Roasted Cauliflower with a Lentil Chickpea and Tomato Stew
* Spotted Dick Steamed Pudding, served family style with Crème Anglaise and Fresh Berries
* Coffee and Tea service
Dress code: Active and retired armed forces personnel (dress uniform or regimental mess kit), military re-enactors in uniform, wearing of appropriate military decorations, Georgian civilian or modern civilian business attire.
Cost: $87 per person, including tax and tip. Payment is to be e-transferred to Gurth.Pretty.4pc@gmail.com by Thursday, October 30th. In a separate e-mail to Gurth, state your choice of main course and of any food allergies.
Cash bar, payable by credit or debit card at the dinner.
A silent auction will occur again, to pay for repairs and maintenance of the Psyche longboat. Payable by e-transfer.
Location: Port Credit Yacht Club, 115 Lakefront Promenade, Mississauga, ON L5E 3G6
“Si vis pacem, para bellum”
Royal Navy motto (If you wish for peace, prepare for war)
End of an Era
The arrival of the KINGSTON class in 1996 signaled the beginning of a new era for the naval reserve. Twenty-nine years later, as we witness the paying off of eight of the twelve while four are left to “soldier” on for a year or two more, we look back to those heady days.
HMCS SHAWINIGAN was commissioned 19 June 1997 and will be paid off 3 October 2025.